Katherine Mine

The Katherine Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 919 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Katherine Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Beryllium

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Union Pass District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Charles Stoll
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, STRINGER LODE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting

Type: L
Description: Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY OF ORE STRINGER: 65 OZ. AG, 10 OZ. AU/TON

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): POSSIBLY THE SAME VEIN AS THE PYRAMID, ALTHOUGH ALLUVIUM PREVENTS ITS BEING TRACED ALONG THE SURFACE.

Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 1906-1908 MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTALS FOR PYRAMID MINE.

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE NEW COMSTOCK MINING CO (1900), ARIZONA-PYRAMID GOLD MINING CO (1904), KATHERINE GOLD MINING CO (1919), P.H. BRALY, R.L. DIMINICK, WHALEY AND TORELES, GOLD STANDARD MINING

Comment (Workings): 900 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 300, 400 FT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397.

Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 318, 1959, P. 102

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 374-E, 1963, PLATE 1

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL'S. 137 , 140

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137.

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